No plans are in place for further rearrangement or merger of provinces, cities or commune-level administrative units, an official from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) confirmed at the Government’s regular press briefing on March 4.

VOV.VN - The competition among localities through the Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) is likely to become one of the official indicators under Government Resolution No. 02 in 2026.

The remains of five Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who sacrificed their lives in Laos and Cambodia during wartime have been recovered by Team K53 of the Quang Ngai provincial Military Command after more than a month of search and recovery operations under the 2025-2026 dry-season mission.

Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Cam Tu hosted a reception in Hanoi on December 3 for Vice Secretary of the Party Committee of Laos' Salavan province Padeumphone Sonthany, who is in Vietnam for a study and thematic exchange visit.

Search Team K91 under the Dong Thap provincial Military Command, following nearly one month of deployment in Cambodia's Prey Veng province, recovered the remains of five Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in the country.

Construction began on the Houaphanh provincial Radio and Television Station, a gift from the Vietnamese Government to the Lao Government and people of Houaphanh province, on October 27.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on September 25 for Lin Wu, Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Shandong Provincial Committee and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress, who is on a working trip to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Na Ngoi Border Guard Station in central Nghe An province have apprehended 40-year-old Xai Khu Ly from Laos' Xiangkhouang province for illegally transporting 6,000 synthetic pills from Laos into Vietnam for sale, the unit reported on September 16.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi People’s Court on July 11 handed down a total of 34 years in prison to three former top officials of Vinh Phuc province for accepting bribes in one of Vietnam’s most high-profile corruption scandals involving Phuc Son Group.

VOV.VN - Nguyen Van Gau, Secretary of the Bac Ninh povincial Party Committee, has called on Samsung to scale up its investment in the province and promote technology transfer to domestic firms, enabling more Vietnamese private enterprises to join the group’s global supply chain.